Quartet
Laclede Quartet kids contest winners
None of the teenagers who make up the Alla Chamera Quartet go to the same schools or live in the same community. But, they've been linked together by their music and are attracting attention with their playing.

Michelle Godbee is a grand prize winner
Violinist Michelle Godbee was the grand prize winner of the 2005 LaClede Quartet's kids musician competition. She recently finished 10th grade.

Hunter Education
Learning about outdoors at early age
Ten-year-old Andi Martin went target shooting for the first time when she was nine. She was with her grandfather near the town of Bell in southern Missouri.

Books
This month's book reviews
July's books include one based on the new Batman movie, a crime novel set in 1875 London, an unusual novel about kids and baseball, and the emotional story of an orphan girl and her foster parents in West Virginia.

Weightlifting
Kids lift weights correctly to avoid injury
Eleven-year-old Alex Miller said he attended a weightlifting camp last month "so I could learn to lift weights by myself and not get hurt."

Harry Potter
Host of parties for new Harry Potter book
Lots of local bookstores plan parties this month around the release of the new Harry Potter book. One store is even blocking off city streets as its party becomes a street festival in the Central West End.

Girls BB
O'Fallon, Ill, team goes to AAU nationals
Thirteen-year-old Elyse Hart-Shelton of St. Louis is making her second straight trip to the AAU national girls basketball tournament. But, this year, she's playing for a team that calls O'Fallon, Ill., its home.

Young Achiever
Festus kid excels in church service
When 13-year-old Jordyn Dinwiddie's church needed someone to prepare Power Point presentations for its contemporary worship service, she quickly volunteered.